Ghaziabad, Oct. 15 -- A 42-year-old man allegedly shot his wife dead in front of their 11-year-old daughter at a high-rise apartment in Ghaziabad's Rajnagar Extension on Tuesday morning after a heated argument, police said.

The couple, who had been living separately for two months, were reportedly in a long-running conflict over the man's unemployment and drinking habits, according to investigators privy to the case details.

Police identified the deceased as 40-year-old Ruby Sehrawat, a homemaker originally from Tibra village in Modinagar. She had been living with her two daughters - aged 15 and 11 - at Ajnara Integrity Society. Her husband, Vikas Sehrawat, who had been unemployed for some time after working as a contractor, is on the r...